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celebrity news
Neighbors George and Laura Bush welcomed granddaughter Cora Georgia Coyne to their family.
Former St. Mark’s School of Texas student Owen Wilson hosted the debut episode of the 47th season of Saturday Night Live.
On a list of 400, neighbor Mark Cuban and Ursuline Academy alumna Melinda French Gates were named some of the richest Americans. Cuban ranked 247 on the list, and French Gates came in at 158.
Steve Miller, a former St. Mark’s School of Texas student, recently celebrated his 78th birthday.
coming & going
[+] ODONATA, a women’s boutique, plans to open a location in Preston Hollow. It’s based in Plano, but the owner hopes to expand to the Preston Royal Shopping Center.
[+] NORTHPARK CENTER announced the opening of several new retailers: Jo Malone London, Leatherology, Levi’s, Lip Lab and Shake Shack.
[+] Neighbors may be getting a new salad place. SALAD AND GO, a drive-thru chain specializing in made-to-order salads, applied for a certificate of occupancy at Marsh and Walnut Hill lanes.
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EDUCATION DIGEST
n W. T. White High School art teacher Noemi Beltran
showcased her talents in Dallas Education Foundation’s
Heart of Teaching Gallery Exhibition. Beltran has been
an educator at W.T. White for eight years and asked
her students to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by
creating art inspired by amate and mola designs.
n Joesph Sotelo, the principal of Hillcrest High School,
was highlighted in a video made to celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month. Sotelo grew up in the Bronx in a Puerto
Rican community. “It wasn’t until I moved to Texas where
I kind of had to start processing, how did I want to be
perceived, how did I want to explain who I was, what was
I proud about,” Sotelo said.
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Your Body,
Your Workout Sh ane Adams , Chief Executive Offi cer for Maverick Fitness
Orangetheory uses technology-based, customized workout plans to build quality of life
Kimberly Wesolowski fell in love with Orangetheory Fitness in Arizona. When she moved to Dallas in 2013, she contacted the owner — and the rest is history.
During the past seven years, Orangetheory has expanded to 34 studios in the Metroplex. Wesolowski, chief operating officer for Maverick Fitness Holdings, has worked out at Orangetheory during three pregnancies over those same seven years.
“I’ve done the workout throughout my pregnancies, and it’s helped me bounce back afterwards. I’ve definitely been a part of our story through all the different phases,” Wesolowski says.
“But it just shows that you can do the workout no matter what phase you’re in. Whether you’re nine months pregnant or you’re recovering after a baby, you can design the template so that it fits your needs.”
A boutique studio, Orangetheory is scienced-backed, technology-tracked and coach-inspired, Wesolowski says. Members wear heart-monitors to watch how their body reacts — a color code system of blue, green, orange and red shows their current intensity.
“For anyone, starting at square one is extremely nerve wracking. Especially if you haven’t been in the fitness environment for a long time,” Wesolowski says.
That’s why newcomers are encouraged to arrive early for the first visit. Each workout consists of strength, cardio and rowing. A coach will modify the workout templates to match your needs. If you can’t run because of knee problems, our certified personal trainers can offer alternative equipment such as a bike or strider.
“The hardest part of doing Orangetheory is just showing up, because we take it from there,” Wesolowski says. “Once you walk through the door, you don’t have to think about what you’re going to do that day.”
Workout templates are developed by a board of fitness professionals. No matter which studio you walk into, the workout is going to be the same across the globe. Workouts change every week, and except for throwback workouts, you’re never doing the same thing twice.
“It’s all about being efficient during your workout. If you’re doing it the right way, the way that the template was designed, it does allow you to burn calories longer, which is how people typically see faster results,” she says.
Orangetheory is not just about weight loss. It’s not just about clothes fitting better. It’s about being able to get off blood pressure medication or even just being able to play with your kids differently.
“To me, that is what speaks to the brand,” Wesolowski says. “At the end of the day, it’s more about that quality of life that you’re getting by putting in that one-hour workout.”“It does allow you to burn calories longer.”
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MUSICAL MOMENTS
PRESTON HOLLOW MAY NOT BE THE MUSICAL EPICENTER OF DALLAS, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT LACKS A CONNECTION TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. HERE ARE A FEW LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT SIX OF OUR WELL-KNOWN NEIGHBORS.
Story by RENEE UMSTED
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Country music hall-of-famer Charley Pride once took batting practice with the Texas Rangers in 1974. Photo courtesy of Charley Pride via Facebook.
2
When Don Henley co-founded the Eagles, he was living in Los Angeles. Henley was in the audience at the Troubadour when Elton John gave his first concert in the U.S. Photo courtesy of Getty Images.
3
While he was high on marijuana, Michael Nesmith once listened to Jimi Hendrix play “Little Wing.” “I think my blood changed type,” Nesmith said. Photo courtesy of Michael Nesmith via Facebook.
4
When former St. Mark’s student Steve Miller was a teenager, he was given some guitar tips by Texas blues musician T-Bone Walker. Photo courtesy of Jérôme Brunet.
5
Growing up in our neighborhood, Hockaday alumna Lisa Loeb spent her summers at St. Mark’s day camp and Hockaday’s tennis camp. Photography by Juan Patino.
6
Olivia Kuper Harris wrote her first song, “Lonestar Heart,” when she was 14 and released her first full-length album, Juicy, in 2020. Photography by Carly May.
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VANITA HALLIBURTON
Shining light on the mental health stigma
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THE HALLS OF the Grant Halliburton Foundation are lined by artwork. A collection of sketches and paintings, the art illustrates the complexity of Grant Halliburton, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
“I’ll never forget the day that the school counselor called me and said, ‘I have to tell you something. Your son has been hurting and harming himself.’ I was 1,000 miles away from home on a business trip,” his mother, Vanita Halliburton, says.
“When she said that we were going to need to get help for Grant, I just sat down on the curb and cried,” she says. “I couldn’t believe that I didn’t know he was hurting.”
After the call from the school, Grant received mental health care for the next five years.
Grant turned down college scholarships from some of the top art schools in the country. Halliburton remembers he told her, “I don’t want to go to college. I don’t want to do anything.”
He eventually agreed to go to The University of Texas at Austin. Grant came home one weekend and told Vanita that he didn’t think he could live a normal life without some serious help. “It was incredibly hard to find out where to go. Even the therapist couldn’t say for sure,” Halliburton says.
Grant checked into a mental health facility, where he received his diagnosis. He stayed for 30 days. As part of the release process, hospital staff reminded him to take his medication, get plenty of rest and stick to a schedule.
Just two weeks after leaving the hospital, Grant jumped from a 10-story building, just one block away from home in the middle of a clear November day. “We didn’t know what we needed to know,” Halliburton says. “I didn’t know that the time right out of a psychiatric stay of any kind for anybody at any age is one of the highest risk times for suicide.”
It was the following January when Vanita began framing Grant’s art for a gallery showing. They hoped the 30-day exhibit would start conversations around mental health. “Our initial goal was to help people know what I didn’t know,” Halliburton says.
She attended suicide prevention and mental health conferences. Now the Grant Halliburton Foundation focuses on sharing practical information.
“We want every parent, adult, teachers, counselors, friends, relatives in the lives of children to know what these signs look like as readily as we know the signs of an oncoming cold,” Halliburton says.
In 2019, the Grant Halliburton Foundation opened its Mental Health Navigation Line.
“We felt it was important that people would have a number to call and say whatever they needed to say and know that someone was listening,” Halliburton says.
The navigation line is monitored Monday through Friday and is completely volunteer driven. All volunteers have 40 hours of training in mental health and empathetic listening. They are taught how to manage a call and learn the software to correctly gather all of the information input for the file. Within 24 hours the caller has been emailed a list of resources that fit their needs, insurance, ability to pay, where they live, whatever the circumstances.
If you need help finding mental health resources, call Here For Texas Mental Health Navigation Line at 972.525.8181. If you are interested in learning how to get involved as a volunteer or support the Grant Halliburton Foundation, visit its website at granthalliburton.org.
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